TN Zweigelt 2005, Sepp Moser (Austrian red)

Interesting you make the Beaujolais comparison. I was at a blind tasting themed dinner recently where one of our group brought in a bottle of 2001 Schwarz 'W' Zweigelt and most of us immediately thought it was a very good Burgundy at first. It was extremely elegant and showed a lot of bright red fruits (cherry/raspberry), some gamey notes, smoke and spice. Really nice complexity with light/medium body weight and good acid - something I'd definitely like to explore more of.

Cheers,

Salil

Does the Zweigelt you tasted come from Austria or Canada? It would be interesting if some of the several Canadian users of this group report on some of the Zweigelt wines now being made in Canada, if they have tasted any they liked. Zweigelt sometimes goes by other names, even in Austria. There is a brief discussion of Zweigelt and wines made from it at

It was Austrian. (And a good reminder that I really do need to explore more Austrians. Have had a couple of stunning Prager Smaragd Rieslings in the last year, but haven't delved much beyond that)

Cheers,

Salil

It's Austrian, and it's probably the most unusual wine made from this grape, in a definitive New World style. The wine has three "fathers": Johann "Hans" Schwarz, butcher (and winegrower) in Andau and Podersdorf in Burgenland in the easternmost part of Austria; the late Alois Kracher (good friend of Hans Schwarz) in Illmitz; and Manfred Krankl which all of you know, of course, good friend of Alois Kracher.

Btw, the wine is referred to as "Schwarz Rot" over here, in contrast to the white "Schwarz Weiss". The big "W" is just the label designer part of the producer's name, something like "schWarz".

M.